Continental Breakfast and Hot Lunch will be Served!
Eight (8) ASHI CEs Approved
While we do not speak for the states, it is our understanding that
Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Delaware accept ASHI approved CEs.
Eight (8) Maryland Continuing Professional Competency Hours (CEs) Approved
| 7:30 AM | - | 7:55 AM | Continental breakfast |
| 7:55 AM | - | 8:05 AM | Introduction and Sign-in |
| 8:30 AM | - | 9:30 AM | Remodel Right |
| 9:30 AM | - | 9:40 AM | Break - Door Prize |
| 9:40 AM | - | Noon | Electrical Defects |
| Noon | - | 12:45 PM | Lunch - Door Prize |
| 12:45 PM | - | 2:35 PM | Slate & Metal Roofing |
| 2:35 PM | - | 2:45 PM | Break - Door Prize |
| 2:45 PM | - | 3:40 PM | Decks |
| 3:40 PM | - | 4:50 PM | Break - Door Prize |
| 4:50 PM | - | 4:45 PM | Plumbing Defect |
| 4:45 PM | - | 5:00 PM | Break - Grand Prize |
Leo Lantz, local remodeling contractor, will share from his years of experience in the remodeling business. Leo will be delivering an impactful discussion of common problems found in remodeled homes. He will show us how to recognize:
A second-generation contractor, Leo has over 30-years experience in the home remodeling business.
Leo owns the only National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) Accredited Remodeling Company in Virginia. He currently sits on the National Association of Home Builders Remodelors (NAHBR) Board of Trustees.
Leo Lantz is the 2018 winner of the NAHB Remodelor of the Year Award.
Kevin Knitter, experienced home inspector and current CV-ASHI president. Kevin graduated from JMU with a degree in chemistry.
For many years, Kevin worked as a chemist in the mass spec lab at VCU. This afforded him the opportunity to study and analyze a lot of interesting specimens including ancient artifacts, pig teeth, and even Naegleria fowleri, the brain eating amoeba.
Kevin changed directions ten years ago and is now a full-time home inspector. He serves as the current president of CV ASHI.
When he's not inspecting homes, Kevin enjoys spending time with his family, woodworking, managing the community garden at his church, and being outside.
Joe Gershowitz brings years of prior experience as an electrician to play in his presentation about electrical defects.Joe comes to the table with a different perspective. Wearing the hats of both contractor and home inspector, he sees it from both sides every day. Come ready to learn more about what you already know along with a few things new and different.
Joe's fifteen years of construction experience prepared him well for his current undertakings as owner/operator of Award Home Inspections. His experience as a licensed electrician prepare him well for this presentation. Joe was born and raised in Hanover County and currently lives in Mechanicsville, Virginia.
Joe sits on the board of directors of the Virginia Association of Real Estate Inspectors (VAREI).
Alden Echols, owner/operator of one to the most successfully Richmond area roofing contractors, is well prepared to share his wisdom and insights on specialty roofing products and installations. Home inspectors see plenty of asphalt shingles. We deal with them every day. We recognize improper installations, aged related imminent failures, ventilation issues and more. We do, however, come across other types of roofing materials that have their own unique combinations of concerns. Alden will be diving deeply in these important topics with enough detail and specificity that everyone is certain to come away with a clearer understanding of these important topics.
Alden Echols is co-owner, President of operations and Master Roofer with Slope Pro Roofing in Richmond, Virginia.
Jody Moncrief brings a unique perspective his presentation on common plumbing defects. He not only owns a successful plumbing contracting company, but he also has over ten years of experience as a Chesterfield County code inspector! This is certain to be an interesting talk as Jody weaves his code enforcement experience into his plumbing defects talk.
Jody Moncrief spent over seven year on active duty with the US Air Force in the Civil Engineering Squadron as a plumber, water and waste technitian and utility systems specialist. He spent over eleven years as a combination inspector for Gloucester and Chesterfield Counties. He now has another fifteen years of plumbing experience including four years as owner of "The Master's Plumber, Inc."
